Senior Management Opening:

Argonne National Laboratory — Director, Communications & Public Affairs Division

Argonne National Laboratory, one of the nation's premier research and development organizations, is a multi-program laboratory managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. The Director, Communications & Public Affairs is responsible for building a sophisticated communication capability to enhance awareness of the laboratory's distinctive intellectual profile and extraordinary scientific and engineering resources and accomplishments among key stakeholder groups. We are seeking unquestioned competence in providing leadership in development and execution of an organizational communications vision and strategy in a complex R&D setting, building a coherent culture as a strategic advantage, and shaping and managing the public relations activities and communications challenges in a proactive manner to achieve measurable results that enable the laboratory to better achieve the mission and goals it has designated for itself.

Qualifications include a master's degree or equivalent in journalism, communications or public relations supplemented by progressive experience managing an internal/external communications staff. Expertise will range from outstanding written and oral communication skills to proven skills in one or more of the following core competencies: public relations, branding, internal communication, and new media.

Argonne offers an excellent compensation and benefits package. For confidential consideration, please send your resume and salary history no later than September 30, 2008, to cpasearch@anl.gov.

Argonne is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity in our workplace.

Communications & Public Affairs (C&PA) Director Search Committee

• Renee Carder, Chair
  Chief of Staff
  Office of the Laboratory Director
  Argonne National Laboratory
  rcarder@anl.gov
  
• Geralyn Becker
  Interim Division Director
  Human Resources Division
  Argonne National Laboratory
  gbecker@anl.gov
  
• Rosalie Bottino
  Manager, Employment and Placement
  Human Resources Division
  Argonne National Laboratory
  rbottino@anl.gov
  
• Richard Fenner
  Manager, Scientific Information
  Advanced Photon Source
  Argonne National Laboratory
  fenner@anl.gov
  
• Kathryn Macal
  Division Director
  Technical Services Division
  Argonne National Laboratory
  ksmacal@anl.gov
  
• Renee Nault
  Project Manager
  Technical Services Division
  Argonne National Laboratory
  rmnault@anl.gov
  
• Julie Peterson
  Vice President for Communications
  University of Chicago
  juliep@uchicago.edu
  
• Mary Spada
  Consultant
  Computing, Environment & Life Sciences
  Argonne National Laboratory
  spada@mcs.anl.gov
  
• Pamela Sydelko
  Deputy Division Director
  Decision & Information Sciences Division
  Argonne National Laboratory
  psydelko@anl.gov
  
• Cindy Wilkinson
  Assistant Division Director
  Communications & Public Affairs
  Argonne National Laboratory
  cindy@anl.gov